Author Topic: So, why did Trump win the election?  (Read 22738 times)

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Re: So, why did Trump win the election?
« Reply #100 on: November 11, 2016, 08:05:40 PM »
My memory is fuzzy and I don't have time to look it up.  But the House of Representatives was not always fixed at the current number either.  I have heard occasional arguments that there should be a lot more Representatives representing fewer total people.  

http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A1Sec2.html

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The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five and Georgia three.

House representation shifts as the population shifts. My state lost one seat within recent memory, resulting in a mad scramble to re-gerrymander the districts. At one time, I was in one district and the house directly across the street (same town) was in another district.
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Re: So, why did Trump win the election?
« Reply #101 on: November 12, 2016, 12:25:28 AM »
Another compilation of pundits denying Trump had any chance, then watching him do what couldn't be done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqEddipbpkw


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Re: So, why did Trump win the election?
« Reply #102 on: November 12, 2016, 03:26:57 PM »

""If you elect me, your taxes are going to be raised, not cut."
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Re: So, why did Trump win the election?
« Reply #103 on: November 12, 2016, 06:18:34 PM »
Maybe one EV for every county won.
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